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Place Name
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Chippewa County
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Pronunciation
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CHI-pe-wuh
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Population
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34,604 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°19'N
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Longitude
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84°31'W
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Chippewa
(CHI-pe-wuh), county (
2,698 sq mi/6,988 sq km; 1990
pop. 34,604), E Upper Peninsula, Mich.;  Sault Sainte Marie. Bounded E by St. Mary's R., N by Whitefish Bay, and S by
L. Huron; 46°19'N 84°31'W. Includes Sugar, Neebish, and Drummond
isls., vehicle ferry service to all 3. Drained by Tahquamenon and
Munuscong rivers. Port of entry, and mfg. and shipping at Sault Ste.
Marie. Agr. (potatoes, forage crops, oats; cattle, sheep, poultry);
dairying; lumbering. Resorts. Bay Mills Indian Reservation, W unit, on
L. Superior, NW of Brimley, E unit on Sugar Isl., in NE. Parts of
Tahquamenon Falls State Park in NW, Brimley State Park in N center;
part of Hiawatha Natl. Forest in W; Fort Brady, and a waterfowl refuge;
several small lakes in W and NW. Formed 1826.
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